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Loving these memories/Nicole Martel

1/27/2021

Hello everyone! Nicole here with a pet layout I created using Bella Blvd.'s adorable Chloe collection! This collection has the cutest ephemera and patterns. I just love it all! And it is perfect for sharing those precious memories of your fur-babies.

To begin, I placed four 6x6 patterned papers from the paper pad onto an 8 1/2x11 white cardstock sheet. I placed them all at angles, hanging off the edge of the page and then cut the excess paper off. I like using this technique because it is such a fun design!

Once I was satisfied with the background, I added the journaling cards and photos and then I used embellishments to fill in the white space. :)

To complete the layout, I added some stamps and journaling within the label and grid card. I used a few foam squares to make the embellishments pop up from the page. I just love how cute this turned out.

Thank you so much for visiting today!

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Dream Big | Karlla Dauer

1/26/2021

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Hello everyone, it's Karlla back
and I'm very happy to share another project with you.
I created a mini album with the beautiful Take Flight Collection .

I made an accordion mini album.
I love this album style, it's delicate and at the same time playful.

I made a mini envelope to make the album more fun.
A great way to be able to attach some message.

This collection is beautiful, and the die cuts are incredible.
The colors, the elements... I'm in love.

As this beautiful kit, you can find others on the Clique Kits.
I hope you liked it!
see you next time,
Karlla Dauer

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Mask Life | Inspired by | Sarah Wyles

1/25/2021

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Good morning everyone!! I hope your having a great Monday morning, I'm hoping it will dry out here some before to long!
Well I wanted to share a layout with you today inspired by life lately. I think pretty much everyone and understand where I'm coming from with this one.

I loves this kit, September song so I wanted to try and use as much of it as I could and you cant even really tell that I pieced it together from scraps I had left over.
The mat for the white background is pieces together from three different pieces, but it worked. I knew what picture I was going to use, so I started layering scrap pieces behind my photo. I found a big enough piece to use for a pocket and a tag and cut those out too.

I went ahead and placed those two bigger parts of my layout down and then started to work from there. I knew I wanted some of that yellow plaid on here somewhere but didn't have much left so I added a strip to the bottom and a tav I cut from the same paper I had made the pocket out of.

At this point I knew I really wanted to get my title on here so that I could start to embellish, so I pulled my alphas from the kit and painted them with gold paint from my stash and sat them aside to dry, while I stamped out the mask part of the title.
Then it was on to embellishing! I love this part!.

I added some of the 3d brads here and there, along with some of the puffy floral stickers and then to finish it all up I splattered some gold Heidi shine on my layout to pull a bit more gold in and the warm tones and that was it.

I hope you liked this layout and I hope you find a way to scrap and use your scraps too!

Clique kits Products used:
September song kit

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Galentine's Day Cards with Strawberry Shake | Dana Tatar

1/23/2021

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Hi friends! Dana here today sharing a set of Galentine's Day cards that I created using the Studio Tekturek Strawberry Shake Collection. This is a Summer paper collection, BUT the palette and so many of the prints and embellishments are absolutely perfect for love-inspired crafts. I made up these cards early so that they are sure to reach their recipients next month.

I used Jillibean Soup Heart Shaker Cards and Inserts for the base of each card and then had so much fun mixing prints, stickers, chipboard, and washi tape from the Strawberry Shake collection.

I filled the heart shakers with Clique International Sequin Mixes from past kits. Check out the NEW selection of Mini Sequins Family Packs.

Clique International Supplies:
Studio Tekturek Strawberry Shake Sampler Kit
Clique International Sequin Mix

Other Supplies: Heart Shaker Cards and Inserts: Jillibean Soup; Glitter Bow: Dear Lizzy; Twine: American Crafts; Chalk Ink: Clearsnap; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

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Handmade with Love - Go Girl! Flag Banner | Piroska Czako-Radvanyi

1/22/2021

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Hello Everyone, it is Piroska here today with my latest share for Clique International. After taking down the Christmas decorations I always feel our home so empty... So I decided to make a flag banner for my daughter's room. For this I used mainly the Zoom Festival Base Kit.

Although the Zoom Festival Kit is already sold out, you can still find pieces of the kit in the shop. I used the 3x4 Elements patterned paper , UR Beautiful and the Awkward patterned papers from the Simple Stories Kate & Ash collection, Paper 20 from the Scenic Route collection of Paige Evans, the Arrangement paper and the Flowers paper of BoBunny.

First I cut the flags with my WRMK Banner punch board. I cut pennant and flag shapes to have some playfullness. If you don't have this punch board, pre-order the All in One Works Tool from the shop, you can make all kinds of banners with it, and soooo much more! It's on my wish list for sure ;-)

Then I got my Sizzix and cut 4 small mandalas with David Tutera Thinlits from Sizzix. I used the same patterned papers as mentioned above. For one mandala you have to cut 4 pieces and fold and glue them together. I used strong liquid glue for that (UHU All Purpose Adhesive), because it isn't easy to get them glue together. I even added a small piece of paper on the back and a yellow button, which was in the sequin mix of the Zoom Festival Base Kit.

I also added the yellow ribbon which was in that kit on to some of the flags, added some butterflies from the September Song Base Kit. I also added some Simple Stories foam stickers sentiments from the Zoom festival Kit.

As you see the Clique Internation kits are really versatile and can be used for any kind of project. Grab your kits and create something today! ;-)

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Pieces of our story: easy mixed media mini album I Giorgia Rossini

1/21/2021

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Hello Clique International friends! Today it's Giorgia here to keep you company!
Did you know that in Clique shop there is an entire section dedicated to explore and learn new techniques where you can find a lot of amazing kits to have fun with something new, like quilling, gel printing, mixed media, junk journals...?
Some time ago Nicole shared this post that encouraged me to try something new and really out of my comfort zone... so, I grabbed the EXPLORE & LEARN SERIES| DINA WAKLEY KIT and made one of my first ever mixed media mini album!

For the cover I recycled an old fabric that I altered with Dina's scribble crayons, which are water soluble crayons. I love to use fabric for my mini album covers!
I fussy cut some images from TandiArt paper pack and added some die-cuts.
Then I used the white gloss spray in the kit here and there to add some sparkle.
I added ribbons and lace to the ring, fussy cut some cute drawings from TandiArt paper pack and glued to the lace.

In the Dina Wakley kit you will also find the collage paper book, that is a whole book made of amazing papers with prints of her artwork. These papers are just perfect to be used in this kind of projects: you only need to tear or cut them and glue them down.
I combined them with old books papers and illustrations from a TandiArt paper pack: I think they really work well together!
Machine stitching helps to create visual interest and texture.
You can add some colors here and there (in the kit you will also find Dina's scribble crayons--which are water soluble crayons), you can play with stencils and stamps, experiment and go with the flow of your imagination!
I was always afraid to try mixed media, but once I started this book I immediately was hooked with the fun!

This mini album is an art journal but it's also a proper mini, with pictures of my family: I combined the fun of mixed media with my passion for memory keeping.
So, in the left side of the mini I added pictures of my family, keeping the design really simple because Dina's papers used for the background really capture the eye and I didn't want to cover them so much.
On the right pages I played with papers, colors, stencils, modeling paste and stamps, I added fussy cut images and die-cuts, faceted gems, recycled lace, sequins... you can really use a lot of things on mixed media projects!

With Dina's crayons you can also color ribbon or lace, as you can see here: I find that this is an interesting way to give your project continuity.

I used these kits from the shop:

EXPLORE & LEARN SERIES| DINA WAKLEY KIT | RANGER

EXPLORE & LEARN | BASIC TEXTURE KIT

Here there are some other supplies you could try If you want to make a mixed media mini:

Ciao, a presto.

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I Love Us by Alexandra Skifton

1/20/2021

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Hello my Creative Friends! It is Ali here with you today sharing my layout I created using the new Cupid's Arrow kit by Studio Light. If you haven't checked this kit out, make sure you do before it sells out. It comes with so many lovely goodies that you can use not only for Valentine's Day, but anniversaries too! Love and Cupid's arrows are in the air!
http://cliquekits.com/seasonal-series-cupids-arrow-studio-light/

I used the Happy Mail cut file from Cut to You and backed up all the envelopes with the different patterned papers included in the Cupid's Arrow seasonal kit. It includes 3 sheets of glitter paper and I used that to back the hearts and to give the envelopes a pop of color. I embellished the envelopes with some Heidi Swapp stickers and used one of them for my title, I love Us.

This picture is of my Husband holding his first wedding anniversary gift. We decided to write our own vows for our wedding day to make it more personal. I hired a calligrapher to write our vows out on beautiful paper and had them framed. The traditional gift for the first year is paper and I thought this was perfect gift to tie it in with our wedding vows. We have them hung in our bedroom.

The kit also included a couple doilies and a cute typewriter Doodle Pop from Doodlebug Designs. Such a perfect embellishment to compliment this photo. I can't wait to create more layouts with this fabulous seasonal kit.

I want to wish every one a Happy Valentine's Day! May Cupid's arrow hit its mark!

Love, Ali

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My Kinda People | Rachel Lowe

1/19/2021

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Hi all Rachel here and today I am scrap lifting one of our members from The Clique on FB. I am a fan of Pazzy Seravalli layouts and this one she made for our Handmade Holidays is a real fav.

I used the Fall stories kit and add on to create my layout. Cut file by Paige Evans (Confetti Hearts).

Instead of recreating Pazzy's mixed media background I used the cut file to give a similar visual effect backing it with a soft pink as I did not want it to be overwhelming.

In keeping with the scattered effect of the elements once I added the die cut envelope I added die cut and puffy sticker leaves.

I layered my photo, added some machine stitching and added my photo with foam tape to create a 3D effect. I finished off adding a brad and small floral die cut.

I chose a heart shape instead of a circle, I added my photo slightly over the heart to connect them. I added machine stitching to my heart and placed over the edge of my white background and cut a little off. I then embellished my heart.

I created an embellishment cluster, layering under and over. I also added a light splatter of gold paint.

I pretty much kept to Pazzy's layout and finally added my title as she did which links all the elements. I love how this layout turned out and it came together quickly having inspiration and a gorgeous layout on hand to lift. Thank you Pazzy for your inspiration! Well thats it from me today but I ope you have a wonderful week.

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Let's Go! Midori with Paperinky | Isa

1/18/2021

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Hello everyone!!
How are you doing? I hope everyone is doing great and that you stay healthy and at home. For today I want to show you a new project I made using the Paperinky collections which I like a lot! I have combined both collections that were in the Clique Kits shop, Metropolis and Milkmedia and I have made a Midori.

To make the covers of the midori I have used a cardboard and then some cloth I had at home left from other projects that I made. I joined them and sewed, and then made a hole on each side of the spine to add the elastics later for the pages on the inside.

For the inside pages, I have used mostly the papers of Metropolis and added a couple of pages of Milkmedia. Then I also used the paper of the Project Life cards and cut them to add them on the inside of the midori as some extra decorations.

I have also used in some pages watercolor paper to add diferent details, and some washi tape stripe that I had from Altenew that I adore! I added some extra decorations with Studio Forty stickers and some enamel dots. Here you can see more pages.

As the moment we are living now is not the best to travel we can always use these midoris or traveler's notebooks to document our life at home or during lockdowns that we may have in our correspondent countries. I hope you like the idea and the project!!

Stay at home safe and healthy! I hope you like the project and I will be back soon with new things to show! Take care.
Lots of love,
Isa

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Baby girl layouts | Giorgia Rossini

1/16/2021

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Hi there Clique friends! Giorgia here today to share with you three layouts made with the baby girl themed kit available in the shop, Kaia: I wanted to show you how many projects you can make with just one kit and a few more other papers - and even after doing these layouts I still have plenty of materials left!
For the first layout I cut paper strips from different patterned papers to create the background: I machine stitched them to a lovely soft pink hearts paper.

The lovely paper clip with lace is included in the kit!

Since my Baby Bella was dressed up in a bunny costume, I added this sweet 3D bunny sticker: I love the dimension that 3D stickers give to any project!

For the next layout I used the same paper for the background, I trimmed a white cardstock slightly smaller and sewed it on top.
I created a background with a stencil and Distress Oxide.
With a die cutting machine I cut several hearts from white cardstock and glued them down.
Die cuts can be found in this kit.

The last layout is a scraplift of a page by my team mate Raechelle; I immediately felt in love with the design with patterned papers squares in the border of the page and I wanted to recreate it in my own way.

Paper doilies are included in the kit, along with a package of sequins: I love the fact that in many Clique kits you can find sequins, because they are one of my favorite little touch to add at the end of a project.

I added some butterflies: when you make a layout, repetition of elements is important to create an eye catching page, so, when you want to add one kind of embellishment or one kind of shape, try to add 2 or 3 of the same kind, instead!
I used different kind of butterflies: stamped, die cut and chipboard to add variety.

I used these products from the shop:

Have a good day!
Ciao, a presto.

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Good morning everyone!! I hope your having a great Monday morning, I'm hoping it will dry out here some before to long!Well I wanted to share a layout with you today inspired by life lately. I think pretty much everyone and understand where I'm coming from with this one.

I went ahead and placed those two bigger parts of my layout down and then started to work from there. I knew I wanted some of that yellow plaid on here somewhere but didn't have much left so I added a strip to the bottom and a tav I cut from the same paper I had made the pocket out of.

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Good morning everyone!! I hope your having a great Monday morning, I'm hoping it will dry out here some before to long!
Well I wanted to share a layout with you today inspired by life lately. I think pretty much everyone and understand where I'm coming from with this one.